The discovery of the asylum |
Contents
The Boundaries of Colonial Society | 3 |
Charity and Correction in the Eighteenth Century | 30 |
The Challenge of Crime | 57 |
The Invention of the Penitentiary | 79 |
Insanity and the Social Order | 109 |
The New World of the Asylum | 130 |
The Paradox of Poverty | 155 |
The Almshouse Experience | 180 |
The WellOrdered Asylum | 206 |
The Legacy of Reform | 237 |
The Enduring Institution | 265 |
Bibliographic Note | 299 |
Notes | 313 |
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The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder in the New Republic Ray Rist No preview available - 2017 |
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